At age 71, author and family literacy activist Pam Leo says she is only just beginning “to end illiteracy for free.” Pam started her organization Book Fairy Pantry Project (BFPP) in 2016 after discovering some startling statistics about illiteracy and the lack of book...
Teacher Jennifer Williams is on a mission to donate one million books to young readers, often using Little Free Libraries to achieve that goal. This morning, the TODAY show presented Jennifer with two special surprises: We were happy to gift Jennifer a Little Free...
Raised in Needham, Massachusetts, Lisa Vergara has spent most of her career giving back to her community. Throughout her various roles, including Creative Art Director, kindergarten art teacher, and Friends of the Needham Public Library Board Member–to name a few,...
The Little Free Library network is a global community made up of 112 different countries. In Kyiv, Ukraine, Little Free Library volunteer steward Evgenia P. is dealing with bombs rather than books during the current Russian invasion. Above-left is a photo of Evgenia...
Sarah Kooiman had wanted to start a Little Free Library for several years, but things finally started moving in that direction during the pandemic. “I was reading more than ever and struggling with one of the most significant depressive phases in my recent memory all...
Melissa Rippy is the third owner of the mobile bookstore that she has turned into Elsie the Mobile Little Free Library charter #134624. Melissa spotted Elsie for sale online. There was so much interest in Elsie that Melissa immediately bought her sight unseen!...
Aditi Jain went to the same school for 14 years, from kindergarten to graduation. Her school had a program called “Good Reading,” where at the start of every school year, each child was challenged to read a specific number of pages or books by the end of...
The unveiling of Little Free Library #128118 in Wailuku, Hawaii, was a community project led by Rosetta Hiranaga. Friends and neighbors contributed in a variety of ways to make this a memorable community event. Rosetta, Chair of Literacy Promotion at her Haleakala...
MaMere’s Little Free Library, built from over 2,500 LEGO pieces, is a replica of MaMere’s Victorian guest house. The guest house, located in Willamette Valley, Oregon, is operated by Emily and her brother Eli, with some help from other family members....
Cate O’Toole came home in March after a weekend away celebrating her birthday to find her Little Free Library reduced to ashes. Fortunately, a passerby had noticed the fire before it could spread and called the Fire Department. Cate’s home and surrounding...
Little Free Library #106502 is in Alamo Square Park, San Francisco. Find this library and many more on the Little Free Library world map! Stewards Andrew and Gretchen and their children are a family of book lovers. They love reading together, visiting the library,...
Debbie McNeil stewards Little Free Library (LFL) #114315 in Cultus Lake, British Columbia, Canada. Find her library and many more on the Little Free Library world map! McNeil is passionate about books and reading. Her friend Earla, who also stewards a little library,...
Second grade teacher Jennifer Quattrucci’s stewardship began with a book she shared with her students, Little Libraries, Big Heroes by Miranda Paul. The book is an inspiring story of how Little Free Library’s founder, Todd Bol, created the network of little libraries...
Founders of Afrofuturistic Farm Collaborative Simiya Sudduth and Dali Chambers are stewarding Little Free Library #117214 in the Greater Ville neighborhood of North St. Louis, Missouri. Find this little library and many more on the Little Free Library world map!...
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Jemma Samala decided that it was time: no matter what, she was going to start a Little Free Library book-sharing box. But things didn’t exactly go as she planned. She had a nice cabinet that she painted, filled with kids books and...
Did you know many traditional library systems use Little Free Libraries to connect with their communities? This week Little Free Library is partnering with the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services (ABOS) to celebrate how “big libraries” utilize...
Seraphin Niyonsenga lived in Davis, California, in 2016 as a Fulbright Exchange Fellow. On his morning runs, he passed by Little Free Library book boxes and they caught his attention. He realized that the Little Free Library model could be an aswer to bridging the...
“I was scrolling through Facebook years ago when I first saw a Little Free Library. It put such a smile on my face that I knew I wanted to start one of my own someday,” says Donna Bright, steward of library #M107532 in Chino, California. (Find her library...
The first time Brittney Block encountered a Little Free Library while jogging in her neighborhood, it was like magic. She says, “I stopped in my tracks to check out this box of books. I frequented that Little Free Library numerous times over the years, and I...
Dra. Katia Padilla Bautista grew up in Morelia, a southern city in Mexico. She recalls her parents would only buy her a book if she got good grades. “Every time I earned a book, I remember reading it slowly because they only gave grades every 2 months!”...
There are now Little Free Libraries on all seven continents! We are thrilled to introduce the first Little Free Library in Antarctica, which was established by Dr. Russell Schnell at the South Pole. Dr. Schnell—an atmospheric scientist for the National Oceanic and...
“We think it is important that everyone has access to books and not everyone in our community has easy access to books,” say Olivia and Sophia Thornburg. For their Girl Scout Silver Award, they wanted to do something that would not only increase book...
Little Free Library #4095 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, doesn’t just have one steward…. it has twelve. Creating the library and maintaining it are a neighborhood effort. “Years ago I heard about little libraries and brought up the idea at our neighborhood...
John and Mary Hill enjoy doing things to benefit their community. That’s why a few years back, they founded a food pantry on the campus of Front Range Community College, where they both worked. Then in 2018, Mary was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and they...
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